Bangladesh floods

Question	Answer
what percentage of people took over a year to recover in 1998?	40%+
Why do river floods occur?	Spring snow melt and monsoon rains.
What happens when the monsoon is intense or prolonged?	River floods.
Why do coastal floods occur?	Cyclones in Bay of Bengal
What do cyclones in the Bay of Bengal create?	Storm surges reaching up to 6m (height)
How many people were killed in 1998?	100s
How many people were made homeless in 1998?	1000s
What year did Bangladesh suffer from floods?	1998
what percentage of Bangladesh flooded in 1998?	60%
what are the two types of floods?	Coastal and river floods
Name 6 natural causes	80% of land is floodplain, 70% land is low-lying, heavy monsoon rains, 3 huge rivers criss cross then meet in BanglaD, cyclones and snow melt
How much of Bangladesh is floodplains?	80%
Name the 2 types of flood management	Preparedness programme and Dhaka integrated flood protection project
this is an example of a flood in an..	LEDC
Name 3 human causes of the floods..	Rapid urban growths, divertion of Ganges, Deforestation
Preparedness...	programme
Dhaka..flood..project	integrated.. protection
Name 4 schemes from the Preparedness programme.	1. villages raised 2m above water level. 2. flood shelters with land for livestock. 3. Rescue boats. 4. Radios
Name 4 schemes from the Dhaka integrated flood protection project	1. Embankments built. 2. Embankments planted with vegetation. 3. Storm drains 4. Sluice gates

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